Henry Joly Dixon is a retired member of the
European Civil Service
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, who served from 1993 to 2003 as Director of International Affairs in the
Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
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of the
European Commission
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.
Before that he served in the cabinet of
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Jacques Delors
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,
where he was described as "his right-hand man on
EMU
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".
In 1999 he was appointed as Deputy Special Representatives for the
(UNMIK), in charge of reconstruction.
After leaving the European Commission in 2003 he has held a range of posts, most notably as a Commissioner of the
Statistics Commission
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...
and as Chair of
Jersey
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’s Fiscal Policy Panel.
Honours
Dixon was appointed a
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
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(CMG) in 2004.
References
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Living people
1945 births
Alumni of the University of York